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UNTED STATES PATENT? OFFICER.

JOHN MOBRIDE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

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A SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.` 381,155, dated April ll.7,`3i.2y3i8`.A

Application filed August 9, 1887.

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.To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. MOBRIDE@ citizen of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, and State of "California, have invented a new `and useful" Paper and Twine Holder; and I hereby declare the fol'lowingto be a full, clear, andgexmeans of the device illustrated in the accom# panying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation with portions broken; Fig.` 2, an end view with portion broken; Fig.3, a partialplan of side, showing dovetail slot a; Fig. 4, a detail of tearing-bars; Fig. 5, a detail of tearing-bars; Fig.r`- 6, a perspective view of top and side connection Fig. 7, a perspectiveview of connection of tearing-bar and frame;

and Fig. 8, asection of dovetail'of base, show` ing dovetail. j

A A are side frames formed in the shape of a series of inverted steps. .l

a a are Ushaped bearings for supporting the spindles of the rolls.' -aa are dovetailed slots at the top of A A.

o2 a2 are dovetailedslots in which the dovei tail pieces on D t;-B,`a connecting-bar for holding the sides at a suitable distance apartk and giving thestructure strength and rigidity 5 b, dovetail piece forsecuring Bto side pieces; G, cup-shaped expansions of the vconnectingbar. B forl holding balls of twine; cc, small holes through which y the twine passes; D D',

A upper andlower bars, respectively, of the tearing device; d d,.lugs upon D for holding D',

d2, wedge for securing Din position; d3, doveltail projection for attaching D to frame;d, stop; d5, notch at the corner of D.

E is the base, which 'lso acts as the lower plate in the tearing device forlower roll.

e is adovetail projection on AA; e e,`dove" ff tail slots in E; J, a projection or lip onE.

As simplicity of construction'isone of the ,5 5

principalfeatures'of this device, but litt-lelexplanation'will be required to make vits construction andoperation clear.

*Thek rollsof paper Vbeing suspended by their 'spindles in the U-'shaped bearings, as shown,`

theloose end of the paper is passed between,

the upper and lower bars of the vtearing de--- vice.' `Thel edges of D and Dn'beingsharp, Y they act as cutting-edges against; which*` the paper can be easily and evenly torn,leav.ing no unsightly ragged edges. the lower bars of yall,A the tearing devices `are slightly curved inward, thereby leaving'a por-` tion ,of the paper always exposed, so that itis Y v Y convenient todraw out after each piece has been separated from lth'eroll.

In the construction of v his device, withthe i exception of the wedges used to secure the upt y per tearingbars, no separate connecting de(y f,

vices-such as bolts, screws, rivets,&c.'are 75 ,Y l

65 The fronty edge of g used tof secure the parts together, the shapeof the parts alone sufcing for this purpose,iandas the pieces which constitute the apparatusare preferably vmade by casting this modef'of construction reduces the cost to a minimum, as'they leavethe sand practically finished ready'vtofbe assembled. Thedovetail projection ere iitsinto f f the dovetail slot or recess e e', thereby'hold'ing the sides A Ain an uprightposition upon the' base E. Dovetail projections b upon" both endsof the connecting-bar Btinto the dov e.

ltail slot 'or recess c', thereby securingthe 'upper end of the sidesAA Af. IAny tendency of .l y. the sides to spread'apart by the sliding of the v lower ends out of their dovetail slot is prevented by the lower tearing-bars, the dovetail recess a2 a2 upon the under side'j of the v tail projections d3 di' of'whichjiit into the dovesteps which form the sides. The upper tearh ing-bar is held in'placev by the projecting lip of the lugs d d upon `the ylower bar', which is forced frombehind." It isstopped in a correct position by the. stop d4, the edge projecting l sufficiently so that the upper and lower bars, D D', are approximately even at the Vends. The wedges d2 d? 'serveto' force the upper bar forward and sosecnre the lower bar rigidlylin place. f

= Upon time Bee place of the lower tearing-bar of the lowermost roll, the upper tearing-bar in this case being attached to the base E in the same manner as the other upper tearing-bars are secured to their lower tearing-bars.

' The cup-shaped expansions ofthe bar B serve to hold balls of twine, while the small hole through which the end passes keeps the loose endin aconvenient position to be reached when required, and prevents the ball from unwinding unnecessarily, and so becoming entangled.

It is evident that this device may be made for carrying any number of rolls of paper, from one upward.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,

1. In a combined paper and twine holder, the combination of rollsupporting frames formed in aseries of steps provided with bearings a, a, a connecting-bar having cup-shaped expansions, each provided with a small hole,

a base having a projecting lip for tea-ring the paper evenly from the roll, and theV tearingbars, substantially as described.

2. In a combined paper and twine holder, the combination of the sides A A', having bearings for supporting-spindles, and the lower Vend of each of which is supplied with dovetail projections e, and the upper end of each of which is provided with a dovetail groove or recess, a', and having dovetail grooves or l l.the upper teai'ingbal, D', which is provided with holes d5 d5, and the wedges K, substantially as described.

JOHN G.. MOBRIDE.

Witnesses: GEO. W. 'WEFF1NGER, vW. MOKOWEN. 

